Out of 79 local levels in Karnali, 77 municipalities have brought their budgets on time this year. In Kalimati Rural Municipality of Salyan, the budget could not be brought on Wednesday due to an accident in which the chairman was injured, and in Bheri Municipality of Jajarkot due to a dispute between people's representatives.

Almost all local levels in Karnali have prioritized education, health, and employment along with infrastructure development. Birendranagar Municipality, the provincial capital, has brought the highest budget of Rs 4.71 billion. 272 ​​thousand in Karnali.

Deputy Mayor Nilakantha Khanal presented a budget at the 19th Municipal Assembly on Wednesday, including a plan to build a sub-metropolitan city by prioritizing infrastructure. It includes programs such as an educational reform year, a digital teacher bank, a street child-free city, an integrated city bus, and a daughter's savings account. Gangaram Sunar, head of the District Coordination Committee, informed that four rural municipalities, including five cities in Surkhet, have presented budgets of over Rs 500 million.

The budget could not be received till late Wednesday after a dispute between the people's representatives of UML and Nepali Congress in Bheri Municipality of Jajarkot. The decision book of the municipal executive meeting was lost on Tuesday due to a dispute between the people's representatives. Chief Administrative Officer Bishnuhari Limilsina had written to the District Administration Office asking for the decision book to be found.

'A letter was sent saying that the decision book, which had been signed at the beginning of the municipal assembly, was lost. On Wednesday morning, we submitted the decision book to the Chief Administrative Officer and requested him to resume the municipal assembly,' said Chief District Officer Khadananda Adhikari. 'It was not a big dispute between the people's representatives, but it was found that there was a dispute at the beginning about whether to implement a plan smaller than 3 lakh rupees or not.'

According to the municipality's CCTV footage, Ward No. 2 Chairman Bhim Bahadur Karki had delivered the decision book to Deputy Mayor Sita Jaisi's office at around 11:30 am on Tuesday.

The decision booklet was submitted to the Chief Administrative Officer, but the policy and program and budget could not be presented in the municipality till late Wednesday due to ongoing disputes among the people's representatives, informed the Chief District Officer Adhikari. According to him, six other municipalities have brought their budgets on Wednesday. Bheri Mayor Chandra Prakash Gharti was elected from the UML and Deputy Mayor Sita Jaisi from the Nepali Congress. UML people's representatives have a majority in the municipality.

The village assembly scheduled for Wednesday has been postponed after Kalimati Rural Municipality Chairman Dan Bahadur KC was injured in a motorcycle accident in Salyan. The municipality has stated that Rural Municipality Chairman KC was injured in Putalibazaar on Wednesday morning while returning home from the municipality after completing all the preparations for the policy and program and budget for the upcoming fiscal year.

He suffered head and hand injuries in the accident and was sent to Nepalgunj for further treatment, said Yagya Bahadur Khatri, Acting Chief Administrative Officer of the rural municipality. According to him, a meeting held under the chairmanship of Vice President Sansilta Oli DC on Wednesday decided to postpone the village assembly.